Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

  • Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
  • Because it will help you focus your own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

  • Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
  • What topics do you think you’ll write about?
  • Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
  • If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.

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Featuring Songs

Jazz combos

1. Swing Gitan. Debar

(John Saavedra gtr, Connor Stewart sax/pno, Mike Robbins bass)

 

2. Wild women. Ida Cox

(Marla Dixon tpt/vcl, Russell Welch gtr, Taylor Kent bass)

 

3. Oh, how I miss you tonight. Davis, Burke, fischer

(Hunter Burgamy banjo/vcl, Zack Lange tpt, Colin Myers trombone, Norbert Farkas bass)

 

4. Tea for two. Youmans

(Nahum Zybel banjo, Reide Poole tpt, Sam Lobely bass)

 

5. Mind your own business. Williams

(Marty Peters sax/vcl, Mark Weliky banjo, Mike Robbins bass)

 

6. San. McPhail, Michels

(Marla Dixon tpt/vcl, Russell Welch gtr, Taylor Kent bass)

 

7. La vie en rose. Piaf

(Richard “piano” Scott pno/vcl)

 

8. Douce Ambiance. Reinhardt

(John Saavedra gtr, Connor Stewart sax/pno, Mike Robbins bass)

 

9. Hesitation Blues. Still

(Marty Peters sax/vcl, Mark Weliky banjo, Mike Robbins bass)

 

10. What a wonderful world. Thiele, Weiss

(Big Joe Kennedy pno/vcl, Jory Woodis clar, Ted Long bass) 

 

11. Blame it on the blues. Cooke

(John Saavedra gtr, Connor Stewart sax/pno, Mike Robbins bass)

 

12. Lover, cone back to me. Romberg

(Lee Floyd banjo/vcl, Wes Anderson sousaphone, Tanner Gus drums)

 

13. Corrine, Corrina. McCoy, Chatman

(John Saavedra gtr, Connor Stewart sax/pno, Mike Robbins bass)

Producer. Kevin Ray Clark

Executive Producer. Vasileios Zarganis

Artwork and design. Milos Petkovic

Sound engineer and mixing. Tim Stambaugh. Artisound Production

Mastering engineer. Dave Farrell

Featuring Songs

Fritzel's All Star

1. Fidgety feet. Larocca, Shields

(Kevin Ray Clark tpt, Connor Stewart  alto sax, Leslie Martin pno, Chuck Brackman bass, Bryan Besse drums)

 

2. Just a closer walk with thee. Traditional

(Tom Fisher clar, Chuck Brackman vcl/bass, Kevin Ray Clark tpt, Leslie Martin pno, Bryan Besse drums)

 

3. Ting-a-ling. Britt, Little

(Hunter Burgamy banjo/vcl, Zach Lange tpt, Colin Myers trombone, Norbert Farkas bass) 

 

4. At the jazz band ball. Shields,Larocca,Ragas,Edwards,Sbarbaro

(Kevin Ray Clark tpt, Tom Fischer clar, Joe Kennedy pno, Chuck Brackman bass, Bryan Besse drums)

 

5. Milneburg Joys. Morton, Mares,Roppolo

(Jamil Sharif tpt/vcl, Connor Stewart sax, Leslie Martin pno, Jim Markway bass, Bryan Besse drums)

 

6. On the Sunnyside of the street. Fields, McHugh

(Jamil Sharif tpt/vcl, Connor Stewart sax, Leslie Martin pno, Jim Markway bass, Bryan Besse drums)

 

7. St. James Infirmary blues. Traditional

(Barry Foulon banjo/vcl, Kevin Ray Clark tpt, Jory Woodis clar, Chuck Brackman bass, Bryan Besse drums)

 

8. I’ll fly away. Traditional

(Barry Foulon banjo/vcl, Kevin Ray Clark tpt, Jory Woodis clar, Chuck Brackman bass, Bryan Besse drums)

 

9. Blue Monday. Bartholomew

(Leslie Martin pno/vcl, Kevin Ray Clark tpt, Tom Fischer clar, Jim Markway bass, Bryan Besse drums) 

 

10. The Sazarac song, Richard Scott Obenschain

(Richard Scott pno/vcl, Jory Woodis sax, Catie Rogers tpt, Ben Fox bass, Bryan Besse drums)

Producer. Kevin Ray Clark

Executive Producer. Vasileios Zarganis

Artwork and design. Milos Petkovic

Sound engineer and mixing. Tim Stambaugh. Artisound Production

Mastering engineer. Dave Farrell

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